Youth Weekend

This past weekend was Texas Youth weekend for hunting.  It is a great chance for the kids to get a buck for the woods get shot up on opening weekend by the adults.  So Tim got Zach out of school early and they picked me up from work and we were on our way to the lease.. it is about a 5 hour trip.. but us leaving so early meant we didn't get there at midnight like we have done many times before.  Saturday morning they got up early but came home with nothing.  Tim said they didn't even see anything.  We ate breakfast, got some deer corn from the store ate lunch, and then it was out for the afternoon hunt.  I decided to stay back at the trailer since it looked like it was going to rain I didn't want to get my camera out.  Well as I sat there I saw the lightening and heard the thunder and got worried especially after the lights started to go out.  Meanwhile, they had saw a 10 point well they were in the stand but it was not acting right and left so Zach couldn't get a good shot on it.   They also noticed the weather and Tim said Zach was counting in-between the thunder and lightening and knew that it was about 2 miles away.  Once Tim got a warning on his phone from weather channel he decided it was time to come in.  

The boys did get back and we did everything we could to get everything outside put up and away from the trees.  I wasn't sure if we were going to leave or what but Tim thought we were better off staying and not getting into the mess.  We didn't get lights back until 8:30 but the weather didn't get better it was bad pretty much all night.

This morning they woke up early again and out to the stand.  They went back to the one they were at last night hoping that the 10 point would come back.. That one didn't but another one did.  Tim got Zach ready and Zach got him!  Tim said he had to shoot him at an angle but he did good.  I could tell he was pretty proud of him.  Last year my father in law was with him when he got his two deer so this was the first time for Tim to see him do it.  They came back to the trailer around 9:30 and I could see Zach's little smiling face and then I could see the deer following them behind the 4 wheeler.  He was so excited and couldn't wait to show me.  We of course took pictures!  If you don't like blood you might want to skip them... but it is worth a look to see that little smile!

I did take some other pictures while I was out there also.. I will start with them.

We are so proud of him.. can you tell?

Have a great week!!  Be sure to come back on Halloween and see what Zach is going to be!

Zachary the Deer Slayer

This year Zach has been practicing hard to get his first deer.  We have taken him to the lease twice already and not seen anything for him to get but that all changed Saturday morning.. Tim decided to let his dad take him to the stand..he had been waiting to go with Zach all season but wanted to wait until after he had gotten his first one but Tim decided maybe it would be neat for him to shoot his first with his Paw-Paw. 

Tim came and woke me up and told me to get dressed and come with him.  He told me he got two!  He got the doe first at 7 then stayed around and got the buck an hour later.  When we got to them Zach had a smile so big and he couldn't wait to tell us how he got his two deer.  First we got the doe on the truck it was close where we could get to it then we drove close to the buck but had to get him out with the 4-wheeler.  I tell you what all 3 of those boys (they were all like little boys) were just smiling. 

 

 

Ok this next picture well I had to put it in Zach on his 4 wheeler bringing in the deer (don't worry his Paw-Paw actually drove it in to camp..)

 

Nanny was so proud!  He was telling her all about it.

 

 

 So proud of my little boy!!  He is growing up too fast! 

 

Opening Weekend of Bow Season

This was opening weekend of Bow Season here in Texas so we went since we had no SHSU game to go to and see brother.  Tim got a bow last year but didn't get any deer with it so he was hoping that this would be the year.  We got there late Friday night so they would be ready the next morning.  Tim and Zach were up early and out in the stand.  They came back with nothing but said they had saw some deer.   It was pretty nasty around there since it had rained the night before and was raining off and on all day.  But it didn't matter to them. 

 

 

 

Zach got some new snake boots.. he told us they were snake skin boots.. I think he misunderstood his daddy and his Nanny nor I could tell him any different so we let him believe... he wanted me to tak a picture of the front and back of them... what do you think?  pretty cute huh.. I'm just proud they will protect them in case he does see a snake!  That is scary!  Brenden and Tim saw one one time I it always made me nervous when they would go out I didn't want anything to get my baby.. I knew Tim would shoot it so I wasn't as worried about him.

 

 Showing me how to shoot..

 

Out again to see if they could get anything..

 

They came back and what do you know Zach's (and my) four wheeler can have a deer follow it! When we bought the four wheeler we sent a text to my father-in-law with a picture of Zach on it and put Zach wants to see if his four wheeler can bring a deer behind it.

Today they were back at it early this morning and look what Zach brought home...

 

Which one looks more prouder?

 

All I can say is when we go back we will be taking Zach's gun with us, this will be his first time to shoot a deer.. if his was this excited about Tim's what will he be like with his?  It should be fun. 

 

I had to take a few nature pictures too this was my favorite this time..

 

Deerlease 2012

It is that time again to get the deerlease ready for deer season which will be coming up in the next few months.  Zach is going to try and get his first deer this season so it was a good chance to go and do a little target practice along with getting the feeders filled and everything else that needed to be done.  So while we were out there I did get a few pictures of Zach and all the nature around us.

 

 

1st Week of Deer Season - Gun allowed..

So the first weekend of November is always the first week of deer season and sometimes it fall on my birthday or our anniversary...Can you believe I'm 35? I don't feel any older and I really wasn't upset about it. Then we also celebrated our 12th anniversary, another thing I can believe. So we left that Friday for the lease got there late that night. Tim's parents were there and soon after we arrived his brother came too. Saturday morning his brother got the first deer and of course Zach had to get in on the picture.. I told him how did he know that his Uncle Thomas wanted him in the picture.. he didn't care he was getting in..

Zach and I later took a walk to "find some deer" I got a couple of cute pictures of him while we were walking.

I did get a few shots of the surroundings too..

This is the road we drive up and down.. isn't it beautiful..

Later that day I got in the stand but I didn't see anything until right before the sun went down but I ended up seeing two really nice bucks.

I've been trying to get a few pictures of Tim's mom for Tim, Brenden and Zach... I got this cute one of her and Zach together..

Please contine to pray for her..